Memorials / Gifts / Grants


2021
- State Library of Kansas and the Institute of Museum and Library Science (ARPA Subgrant) – $24,961 – To help/provide technology and digital inclusion services to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Kansas Humanities SHARP Recovery Grant – $12,063 – Supports Kansas’ cultural organizations that provide humanities programming and are facing financial hardship due to the Coronavirus pandemic
2020
- Anonymous Donor – $1,000
- Colby Rotary Club – Who Is? What Is? Book Project – $575
- NWKLS Courier Grant – $950
- State of Kansas – State Aid – $1,529.83
- Leadership of Thomas County – Physical Activity Grant – $911.89
- NWKLS System Grant – $5,500
- Friends of PML – Adult Summer Reading – $150
- Friends of PML – Children’s Summer Reading – $3,500
- Th. Co. Community Foundation – Frahm Farmland Grant (Shannon Hopson) – $1,000
- Midwest Energy – Summer Reading Grant – $510
- Friends of PML – Reimbursed for TCCF Summer Reading Grant – $350
- In Honor of Wayne Horlacher’s 90th Birthday – $1,500 – purchased Logitech equipment for online Zoom For Lunch productions and webinars
- Velma Goodheart – Special Gift for Youth – $100
- Elmer Lawver Memorial – $20 for Large print books
- Carolyn Armstrong Memorial – $1,725
- Leroy Ziegler Memorial – $100
- Terry Hornung Memorial – $50
- Harlan Downing Memorial – $50
- In memory of Vernon Kleinsorge’s Brother – $25 for the Youth Activity Center
- Kansas Health Foundation Summer Reading Grant – $600
- Th. Co. SPARKS COVID 19 Relief Reimbursement Grant – $6,719.11
- Kansas Libraries CARE Award – Used for Beanstack subscription for 1 year – $750
- Th. Co. SPARKS COVID 19 Relief Reimbursement Grant – $20,005.47
- State of KS. – KS. Notable Books Grant – $239.8
- TCCF – Vinyl for chairs (for Expansion project) – $521.25
- Pete Henry Foundation – 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Grant – $1,483
- Colby Rotary Club – Kansas Reads to Preschoolers – $67.80
2019
- Th. Co. Community Foundation – $656.96 – YAC Robotics and Coding Grant
- Midwest Energy – $1,000 – Ceiling mounted digital projector for conference and programming in the basement
- Colby Rotary – $100.44 – Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Books
- Northwest Kansas Library System – $1,000 – Helped to purchase three (3) AWE Early Literacy Computer Stations
- Friends of Pioneer Memorial Library – $650 – Helped to purchase three (3) AWE Early Literacy Stations
- Kansas Kiwanis Foundation, Inc. – $500 – Helped to purchase three (3) – AWE Early Literacy Computer Stations
- Carl Peters Memorial – $200 for Large print books
- Joshua Berens Memorial – $1,070
- Thomas Co. Community Foundation – $6,056 – Helped to purchase three (3) AWE Early Literacy Computer Stations
- Friends – Thomas Co. Community Foundation – $750 – Summer Learning Events and Programming
- Frahm Farmland/Thomas Co. Community Foundation – $200 Summer Learning prizes
- Genesis – Thomas Co. Inc. – $500 – Food for Youth – Summer/Fall in Youth Activity Center
- Northwest Kansas Library System – $800 – Courier Grant
- Colby Rotary – $1,602.77 – Be the Inspiration Book Project: Who Was and Who Is books
2018
- Northwest Kansas Library System – $650 (Courier Grant), $5,500 (System Grant), $500 (Envisionware Grant)
- Th. Co. Community Foundation – $249.95 (Summer Reading Grant), $600 (Art the Fun Way: Paint on Canvas for Children and Mod Podge for Teens/Adults)
- JoAnne Sunderman Memorial – $815
- Frahm Farmland/Th. Co. Community Foundation – $200 – Summer Reading Prizes
- Midwest Energy – $750 – Summer Reading Sponsor for Children’s Events
- Kansas Humanities Council – $500 – Kansas Poet Laureate speaking engagement
2017
- Northwest Kansas Library System – $500 (Courier Grant), $5,500 (System Grant), $500 (Two Staff Continuing Education Grants)
- Kansas Humanities Council – $500 (Speaker’s Bureau – Phil Dixon, Kansas City Monarchs), $500 (Speaker’s Bureau for Paula Ripple to speak at Writer’s Workshop)
- State of Kansas – IMLS Grant – $241.84 – Kansas Notable Books Purchase
- Nancy Sanders Memorial – $175
- Emma Rogers Memorial – $155
- Druscilla Washburn Memorial – $1,275
- Th. Co. Community Foundation – $600 (Paint on Canvas for 2 programs: 1 for Children and the other for Teens/Adults)
- Leadership of Thomas Co. – $1,250 – For STEM – Circuit Projects in Youth Activity Center
- Frahm Farmland/Th. Co. Community Foundation – $200 – Summer Reading prizes